Placental Learning Model for Neurovascular Microsurgery for the Management of Intracranial Aneurysms

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Conditions studied: Intracranial Aneurysm

In brief

Training in microsurgical techniques for the management of intracranial aneurysms is carried out during the practical training of the DES in Neurosurgery and during the continuous training of neurosurgeons according to the indications of the patients of the department. Currently, the recent increase in indications for endovascular treatment compared to surgical indications has led to a decrease in surgical indications and in the experience of neurosurgeons. However, there are still surgical indications that are often complex situations that neurosurgeons must overcome with a specific simulation approach. There are different simulation models for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. The small animal (rodent) model has the disadvantage of being poorly suited to the reproduction of intracranial aneurysms (different extracranial vessel walls, too small intracerebral vessel caliber) and of being constraining to the establishment. The computerized stimulator model which has the advantage of being able to reproduce the anatomy of a patient but whose haptic sensitivity performance is difficult to reproduce for very fine movements, it is not very accessible because it is expensive. The placental model uses a fresh human placenta, the appearance of the vessels of which is very similar to those found intracerebrally, and dilations on their walls can be performed with a pediatric urinary catheter.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06117527

Run by

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

People needed

50

Starts

2020-07-16

Expected to finish

2028-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Woman over the age of 18;
• Placenta considered as surgical waste intended for incineration; with a negative infectious status verified during pregnancy follow-up
• Woman who did not express her opposition, after information, to the reuse of her placenta for educational purposes to improve the practical training of future neurosurgeons.

You may not qualify if…

• Subject who expressed their opposition to participating in the study
• Subject under guardianship or curatorship
• Subject under safeguard of justice

Where it is running

• Service de Neurochirurgie - CHU de Strasbourg - France — Strasbourg, France (enrolling)

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